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AN ANIMATION FILM BY Flying Bark Productions CONVINCED THAT HIS LONG LOST FATHER IS STILL ALIVE, THE ADVENTUROUS KOALA BLINKY BILL EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK TO BRING HIM HOME. PRODUCTION NOTES NZ RELEASE DATE: 24 SEPTEMBER, 2015 Running time: tbc Rating: tbc Film stills are available to download from: www.studiocanal.co.nz NZ PUBLICITY CONTACT: Melanie Rae – [email protected] 09 488 6023 STUDIOCANAL LTD C/O Hoyts Sylvia Park, 286 Mt Wellington Highway, Auckland, New Zealand PO Box 132011, Sylvia Park, Auckland, New Zealand 1 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BLINKY BILL: AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE KOALA 3. AN OUTBACK JOURNEY FROM PAGE TO SCREEN 4. THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY FROM 2D TO 3D 5. BLINKY’S AUSTRALIA: A SUNBURNT COUNTRY, A LAND OF SWEEPING PLAINS 6. CASTING ICONS FOR ICONS 7. INTERVIEW WITH RYAN KWANTEN: VOICE OF BLINKY BILL 8. CAST BIOS 9. CREW FILMOGRAPHY 10. 11. MAIN TITLES LIST PRODUCTION CREDITS 2 INTRODUCTION Blinky Bill is a koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his explorer father’s footsteps. Mr. Bill went missing in the Outback sometime ago and Blinky is the only one who believes his father is still alive. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback. He quickly makes friends with Nutsy, a zoo koala, and Jacko, a nervous frill-necked lizard. Pursued relentlessly by a vengeful feral Cat who has a personal score to settle with Blinky, the trio must learn to work together if they ever want to survive the rugged Australian landscape and find Blinky’s father! BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE is based on the classic Australian book series by Dorothy Wall, from an original screenplay by Fin Edquist (MAYA THE BEE MOVIE). A STUDIOCANAL, STUDIO 100 and SCREEN AUSTRALIA production in association with FLYING BARK PRODUCTIONS, TELEGAEL TEORENTA AND ASSEMBLAGE, BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE is directed by Deane Taylor (art director of Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS), co-directed by Alexs Stadermann (director of MAYA THE BEE MOVIE), Alex Weight (animation supervisor of LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE) and Noel Cleary (a Director of TASHI), produced by Barbara Stephen (producer of MAYA THE BEE MOVIE) and Jim Ballantine (BAMBI 2).BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE’s epic outback score is composed by Dale Cornelius (MARY AND MAX). The cast of BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE is led by Ryan Kwanten (HBO’s “True Blood”) as the voice of Blinky Bill, Rufus Sewell (A KNIGHTS TALE) as the treacherous feral cat Sir Claude and Robin McLeavy (TV’s “Hell On Wheels”) as Blinky’s best friend Nutsy. Starring alongside them is Toni Colette (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) as two charming yet gossipy emus called Sheryl and Beryl,David Wenham (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING) as the manic but loveable frill-necked lizard Jacko and Deborah Mailman (THE SAPPHIRES) as Blinky’s kind and courageous Mum. Rounding out this esteemed ensemble are Richard Roxburgh (MOULIN ROUGE) as Blinky’s adventure-loving father, Barry Otto (THE GREAT GATSBY) as the tyrannical Mayor Cranklepot and Barry Humphries (DAME EDNA EVERAGE) as the wildly eccentric Wombo. 3 BLINKY BILL: AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE KOALA Blinky Bill is one of Australia’s most recognized characters and a bona fide national icon. The lovable antics of the mischievous koala from the sleepy village of Greenpatch have captured hearts the world over since the release of The Adventures of Blinky Bill book series in 1933. The Blinky Bill books are internationally recognised as an Australian children’s classic– indeed, they have never been out of print since first publication.Millions of Australians share childhood memories reading the Blinky Bill books before bedtime, lapping up a sense of excitement, humour and adventure that could be found in their very own backyard: the Aussie outback. Blinky’s character appeals to a quintessentially ‘Aussie’ spirit of optimism and mateship. For Blinky, friends and family are everything. This sense of mateship is deeply embedded in the Australian collective consciousness and has made Blinky somewhat of a cultural ambassador. For proof, look no further than the flashing light on top of the Sydney harbour bridge, which is affectionately known as ‘Blinky Bill’! From the best-selling page to the big screen, in the early 1990s, Blinky’s legacy blossomed with the box office success ofhis first feature film, Blinky Bill: The Mischevious Koala. Yoram Gross Studios – now Flying Bark Productions – developed a unique visual style involving superimposed 2D animation over live-action footage, a technique that was revolutionary for its time.Blinky Bill: The Mischevious Koala was a worldwide smash hit, releasing in key major territories such as the UK and France and earning Blinky a whole new generation of fans around the world. Following on from the triumph of the movie, Yoram Gross Studios produced the highly successful TV series, The Adventures of Blinky Bill. Continuing the story of Blinky, Nutsy, Wombo and friends, the TV series ran for three seasons from 1993 - 95 and inspired several spin-off feature films, Blinky Bills Extraordinary Excursion and Blinky Bill’s White Christmas. With an extensive international licensing program – and an undeniably catchy theme song – the TV series was another winner for Brand Blinky, demonstrating his immense appeal across ages, time zones and formats. After more than a decade on hiatus, the decision to bring Blinky back into the spotlight was a no brainer for the creative team at Flying Bark Productions. The time was ripe to introduce Blinky to a new generation and development on a CGI Blinky Bill feature film commenced in 2010. With such a rich cultural heritage and proven commercial track record, it was only a matter of time before Blinky made his way back to the silver screen in CGI. The Flying Bark team decided the new movie should introduce new friends as to not completely infringe on the stories from years ago; of course many of his old friends from the previous books, movies and TV series will feature too. This threw quite the curve ball in the early stage of development, as it was no mean feat staying true to three different incarnations of an iconic character, whilst still keeping him relevant for the children of today! Producer Barbara Stephen has her own take on the appeal of Blinky Bill The Movie to a 21st century audience: “Blinky Bill The Movie is both a rollicking Aussie road film and an origin story, taking the essence of what made the previous books, films and TV series so endearing, reimaging them for the next generation of children and their parents.” 4 Now, with an all-star cast breathing life into the much-loved characters and an all-Australian creative team visually translating the rugged beauty of the outback in stunning CGI animation, Blinky Bill The Movie has arrived to engage, inspire and entertain another generation of adoring fans. AN OUTBACK JOURNEY FROM PAGE TO SCREEN Screenwriter Fin Edquist explains how he approached the scriptwriting process: “My grandmother had a set of the Dorothy Wall Blinky Bill books that my brothers and sisters would occasionally dig out, but I never saw the original movie or TV series. It was liberating in a way because I didn’t have any personal expectation to deliver a script that paid homage to a legacy from my childhood. That kind of pressure can make you go crazy! Initially, all I knew about Blinky was that he was Australia’s marsupial Denis the Menace, which worked fine for a TV show…but for a feature film, the character needed heart and a motivation beyond annoying the local Mayor or powers that be. I wanted to create a character from scratch to tell a compelling story about a kid who challenges himself, his fears and his abilities, to find his Dad.” Edquist describes the transformation of Blinky’s character from idealistic young koala dreaming of adventure, to a fully-fledged outback hero: “When we meet Blinky, he lives with his Mum in Greenpatch, a beautiful oasis-like village in the middle of the outback. His Dad has vanished into the outback and everyone thinks that Dad is dead – it’s basically the unspoken secret in town. No one actually articulates this to Blinky besides Mayor Cranklepot, his arch nemesis. Blinky is alone in refusing to give up on Dad. His prime motivation is to bring him home and reconstitute the family. For Blinky to really grow, he needs to change his situation. Greenpatch is the marsupial equivalent of suburbia; but in the outback, danger and death lurk around every corner. In order to find Dad, Blinky can’t walk across the street; he ventures across the most inhospitable terrain on the planet and only survives the journey by relying on abilities he never knew he had because they were never tested in Greenpatch. In surviving the outback, Blinky develops the necessary skills that allow him to rescue his Dad and bring him home safely.” Blinky Bill is a character who has delighted children across formats and generations. Edquist describes Blinky’s appeal in Blinky Bill The Movie: “Kids love a character who challenges authority, but who can also do the things they would love to be able to do. Blinky is a small koala in the ferocious Australian outback, meeting the outback head on, refusing to listen to all the naysayers in Greenpatch who say that he’s too little or not ready to go on an adventure. He essentially sets out into the outback on his own, with no parents, to rescue his own father. And then he has to deal with the notion that his Dad might actually be dead and the journey was all for nothing. For characters made of lesser ‘stuff’, that would be the end of them…but for Blinky, he’s strong enough to continue his mission. We like him for his ingenuity because he has to use his brains to get out of trouble - he’s no Tasmanian Tiger. To outwit enemies, Blinky has to be smart. And kids like smart characters. Blinky’s also funny. We like him because he’s stubborn, pig-headed and thinks that he knows best – even when he doesn’t. I really believe the characters people like the most are inherently flawed, but it’s precisely because of their flaws that they manage to 5 succeed. Blinky is definitely not a perfect hero, but he’s heroic in that he confronts things that are scary. It’s refreshing for kids to see a character that confronts their deepest, darkest fears and finds a way to overcome them.” Blinky’s friendship with Nutsy, his best friend throughout the original books and TV series, has been given an origin story in Blinky Bill The Movie. Edquist explains: “When Blinky embarks on his journey, he meets another koala by chance, Nutsy, who grew up in a zoo as an orphaned koala. Nutsy has only ever lived in a zoo and has never known the concept of family that Blinky has. Nutsy’s journey is to discover that she’s more than just a caged koala; there’s a ‘wildness’ in her. She learns that she has an active role to play in the outback. In the end, Nutsy becomes an adopted sister to Blinky and a valued part of the Greenpatch community in her own right. It’s a classic story structure for this kind of film; the idea that in order to come of age, you need to sublimate your ego and selfishness to embrace something that’s bigger than yourself, which in this case is family.” Edquist perfectly sums up the main themes of Blinky Bill The Movie, which could read as a summary of Australian values: “Always look out for your mates. Believe in yourself to do the right thing. Never give up against all odds. Take responsibility for your actions. That’s what makes a real hero”. THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY FROM 2D TO CGI Koalas are the most universally recognised cultural ambassadors of Australia. Their soft and cuddly appearance inspires adoration from millions of people worldwide. Being Australia’s favourite koala, the task of designing the look of CGI Blinky was no mean feat. Blinky’s design has undergone several significant changes since the original Dorothy Wall illustrations of the 1930s. Instantly recognisable by his one-shoulder overalls with the oversized patch and big yellow button, Blinky’s journey from cel-animated drawing to computer-animated model has been yet another step in the evolution of an icon. According to producer Barbara Stephen, “The challenge of reimagining 2D Blinky into CGI Blinky meant staying true to his cheeky, mischievous and adventurous character, whilst pushing his soft, cute, cuddly ‘koalaness’. Today’s family audiences have a huge choice when it comes to entertainment; we live in a vastly different cultural landscape compared to the 1990s. There are higher standards when it comes to animated movies, especially regarding design, quality of fur, distinct characterisation and sense of humour.” “Flying Bark passionately believes in preserving the legacy of Blinky and paying respect to the spirit of Dorothy Wall’s books and Yoram Gross’ hugely successful screen productions, whilst reimagining Blinky specifically for the tastes of animation-savvy audiences worldwide. Audiences are incredibly familiar with CGI animation, so 3D Blinky fits in with what the movie-going public is used to seeing on the big screen.” “Our aim is for Blinky to delight our young Australian audience and their parents and grandparents, to go beyond our shores and reach audiences overseas by offering a truly authentic Australian voice - with no softening of our colloquialisms or sense of humour.” 6 “The creative team has designed Blinky to be more expressive and able to act like a real koala more than ever before. We also focused on featuring female characters that are more active in the story. Nutsy and Blinky’s Mum have considerable heroic moments in the film, which really showcase their strength of character” BLINKY’S AUSTRALIA: A SUNBURNT COUNTRY, A LAND OF SWEEPING PLAINS There’s something about the beauty, ruggedness and danger of the Australian outback that is truly irresistible to audiences worldwide. Movies featuring Australian animals and landscapes have gone on to achieve massive international box office success in the past – think Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin’s The Crocodile Hunter. The Flying Bark creative team has fully embraced the uniqueness of Australian flora. The art department worked tirelessly to make the film look and feel as authentically Australian as possible, inspired by a wealth of Australian impressionist painters including Fred Williams, Margaret Preston, Clare Coss-Smith and Arthur Boyd. Director and production designer Deane Taylor explains the process of creating Blinky’s world: “In Greenpatch [Blinky’s hometown] we wanted to create an intimate, hidden world. We sourcedvarious locations around Australia and felt that Greenpatch was more in the world of the deeper regions of the Blue Mountains, with the isolation of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges. We looked deeper into additional location sources like the Red River Gums, made famous by Hans Heysen, as well as the micro detail of the banks of the Lower Murray.These elements combined would give us a sharp contrast to the vastness of the Outback to which Blinky Bill would later travel to. What remained would then be the caricature of these elements and create an architecture that you would believe to have been created by its inhabitants. In the spirit of strengthening our design process to feature a pantomime, theatrical, stagelike feel to all aspects of location development, we used the following approach: Firstly, research was conducted with regard to iconic and natural formations that exist. Rather than relying on the more traditional icons like Uluru and the Kimberly, we chose rather to explore the deeper detail and the foundation of the many and varied landscapes that are intrinsically Australian. Secondly, we chose to revisit the Australian impressionists who have so successfully captured the essence and light of the places we would create. Most influential were the works of Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, Arthur Streeton, Charles Blackman, Shaun Tan and Pro Hart.” CASTING ICONS FOR ICONS The cast of Blinky Bill The Movie reads as a roll-call of the finest in Australia’s acting talent, spanning film, television and theatre. Each of the principal cast are recognisable as many an iconic character, to generations both young and old. 7 Working with powerhouse casting agents Kirsty McGregor and Lucky Gorka of McGregor Casting (A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, MAYA THE BEE MOVIE), Flying Bark Productions set out to re-imagine the voices of Blinky Bill and his friends with a little help from some of Australia’s biggest names. As producer Barbara Stephens explains, “The process of producing animation can often mean a long period of preproduction, where the characters remain ‘voiceless’ in their 2D sketch form. We often don’t know whether the script and storyboards are going to work as a whole film until we start to engage with the actors.” “Once the actors are cast, they really breathe life into our thousands of hand drawn storyboard panels. The process is iterative and the actors will often influence the emotional shape of many scenes as the storyboards will often inspire their performance. The actors are involved with recording sessions throughout the process of creating the 2D story reel (a working edit of storyboard, voice records, temporary sound and music). Interestingly, there is a misconception that animation is created only through 3D software, this story development process is completely controlled by our in-house team and the 2D story process dominates the entire crafting of story in our studio. The actors were totally thrilled to be part of the evolution in the film process from 2D sketches to final colour picture. “We were delighted by the overwhelming response from such an incredible Australian cast. We felt the script was funny and maintained the integrity of the Blinky Bill essence - a critical element in attracting their support.” “The only challenging part of the casting process was juggling the busy schedules of our talent, but the experience for everyone involved has been great fun. Our voice recording sessions were filled with plenty of goofing around and tears of laughter!”. INTERVIEW WITH RYAN KWANTEN: VOICE OF BLINKY BILL What are your first memories of Blinky Bill? My first memories of Blinky Bill are probably like many Australians my age: Mum and Dad reading the books to me and my younger brothers at bedtime. I’d never be able to fall asleep during the story and would always have to wait till the very end. Blinky’s roguish nature always appealed to me. The mere fact that Blinky’s story has lasted throughout the generations is testament to the fact that this is both a story and a character that is timeless in every sense of the word. I’m hugely honoured to have the ability to recreate Blinky for a modern day audience. What do you love most about the Blinky Bill character? I’ve always had the opinion that life is better lived as an adventure. Blinky is that guy who lives and breathes adventure, although he really doesn’t know the true sense of the word yet. He looks up to his Dad with this sweet reverence, as any young boy does. Blinky’s Dad is a great explorer and a great man, so Blinky definitely wants to follow in his footsteps. That level of respect and inspiration that Blinky has for his Dad is also something I have for my own Dad. It drives Blinky throughout the whole film, the search to find his Dad and be just like him. 8 Tell us about the Blinky Bill story. This is the story of Blinky and the whole host of characters he interacts with, but when we first find him, his Dad has been missing for the last year. He left on this epic voyage with the promise of coming back, but hasn’t returned. Blinky misses his father and wants to figure out exactly what’s happened. The story is really this epic adventure about Blinky, and soon after Nutsy and a whole host of characters, travelling across the outback in the hopes of finding his father. We have really revolutionized the way we look at Blinky and I think audiences are going to be very surprised with his nature and the personalities of characters he meets in this story. As much as it is an Australian story, the film very much has universal appeal. Everyone knows what it’s like to search for something, to feel love and loss. Blinky is that guy who wears his heart on his sleeve and it’s a story that I think we are all going to be in tears by, inspired by and have a laugh at the same time. Do you think that throughout Blinky’s journey, there is a connection with Blinky’s mum and there is a realisation that being an adventurer is one thing but being a hero also comes with responsibility? The first time Blinky steps outside of Greenpatch, the bravado eventually gives way to the true sense of who he is. I’ve always loved the quote, “What lies before us and what lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us”. I think up until that point, Blinky has been living in this very sheltered environment, and his Dad’s been the one coming back with these amazing stories of adventure and travel. Now that his Dad’s been gone for a year, Blinky and his mum have forged this relationship and she’s trying to make up for the fact that Dad’s not there. They have this beautiful relationship, but there’s this undying need in Blinky who wants to get out of town and find out where he is. When he does eventually get out, there comes a point in time where, like any son, he misses his Mum. I think it’s that he’s torn between searching for his Dad and coming back and making his Mum happy. Can you describe the relationship between Blinky and Nutsy? Blinky and Nutsy have a beautiful but rocky relationship. Nutsy is a caged Koala and Blinky is a wild koala, and that doesn’t really seem like much of a difference, but it really is. Blinky has lived his entire life out there in the wild: he’s climbed trees and eaten gum leaves where as Nutsy has been the exact opposite as her life has been lived entirely in a zoo. As we find out later, her family was ravaged in a fire, so she’s lived her own version of a sheltered life. They’ve both got to learn a bit about each other and a bit about how they have grown up in order to get through the journey. Why do you think parents should take their kids to see this new Blinky Bill? I think you take one look at this guy and think it’s going to be a really fun film, which it is. I had a little reservation at first, because Blinky has such sweet reverence with me from my childhood memories. When I read the script, I was in tears of laughter. It really is an extraordinarily funny film. At the end of the day, there are some great morals in the film and some great life lessons to be learned. For 90 minutes, you’re going to be strapped in for a pretty big adventure yourself. 9 BLINKY BILL: CAST BIOS RYAN KWANTEN- BLINKY BILL Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, Ryan Kwanten has become one of Australia’s most successful leading actors. Ryan began his acting career while attending Sydney University, where he earned a degree in business. He starred in numerous feature films and television shows and gained international notoriety when he joined the cast of the long running popular series, HOME AND AWAY. Ryan starred alongside Academy Award winner Anna Paquin in the high rating HBO series TRUE BLOOD, from creator Alan Ball. TRUE BLOODran for seven seasons and over the years it received many accolades including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series – Drama and People’s Choice nominations for Best TV Show and TV Obsession. Ryan’s additional television credits include the role of Jay Robertson in the critically acclaimed Warner Bros. series SUMMERLAND, the lead in the ESPN original movie THE JUNCTION BOYS, special guest star in LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, and guest starred on the hit Fox Network comedy, NEW GIRL, alongside Zooey Deschanel. Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Ryan played petty criminal Jan ‘Cat’ Boellard in crime thriller KIDNAPPING MR HEINEKEN alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington and Jim Sturgess; lent his voice to Zack Snyder’s animated feature LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE; and played a young police officer in the modern day revenge western RED HILL. RED HILLdebuted at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and has earned Ryan a Film Critics Circle of Australia nomination for Best Actor. Ryan also starred in the Australian feature, GRIFF THE INVISIBLEwhich premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and released in the US in August 2011. Ryan’s other feature film credits include MYSTERY ROAD, THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG, NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, RIO I LOVE YOU, DON’T FADE AWAY, FLICKA, KNIGHTS OF BADASS-DOM co-starring Peter Dinklage, 7500 directed by Takashi Shimizu (THE GRUDGE). He played the title role in American Brown, which received the Audience Award for Best Film at the Montreal Film Festival, and the lead in DEAD SILENCE directed by James Wan (writer/director of SAW and FURIOUS SEVEN). Ryan has several feature projects which are soon to be released including NORTHMEN – A SAGA,REACH ME, and BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA with Mickey Rourke and Freida Pinto. 10 RUFUS SEWELL – SIR CLAUDE Rufus Sewell is currently starring in David Leveaux’s critically acclaimed, sell-out production of Patrick Marber’s Closer at the Donmar Theatre, London, and his last role on stage was similarly lauded, starring opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williamsin Harold Pinter’s Old Times, directed by Ian Rickson in the West End. On film, hemost recently starred in the action-adventure blockbuster, HERCULES, alongside Dwayne (“The Rock”) Johnson, directed by Brett Ratner; GODS OF EGYPTdirected by Alex Proyas for Lionsgate Films; and the television drama KILLING JESUS, for Scott Free Productions. Sewell shortly begins filming THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, a major new drama series for Amazon, also produced by Scott Free Productions. Sewell first gained attention on screen for his performance as ‘Will Ladislaw’ in the BBC adaptation of MIDDLEMARCH. He received further acclaim in Christopher Hampton's feature film CARRINGTON, opposite Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce, as well as in John Schlesinger's COLD COMFORT FARM. Sewell’s past film work includes: ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN, directed George Isaac; THE SEA, directed by Stephen Brown; THE DEVIL’S HAND, directed by Christian Christiansen; I’LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN, directed by Richie Meh; HOTEL NOIR, directed by Sebastian Gutierrez; ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, directed by Timur Bekmambetov; VINYAN, directed by Fabrice du Weltz;DOWNLOADING NANCY, directed by Johan Renck; THE ILLUSIONIST, directed by Neil Burger; Wes Craven’s PARIS JE T’AIME; THE HOLIDAY, directed by Nancy Meyer; THE LEGEND OF ZORRO, directed by Martin Campbell;TRISTAN & ISOLDE, directed by Kevin Reynolds; A KNIGHT’S TALE, directed by Brian Helgeland;DARK CITY, directed by Alex Proyas; DANGEROUS BEAUTY, directed by Marshall Herskowitz; ILLUMINATA, directed by and co-starring John Turturro;THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, directed by Nick Hamm; BLESS THE CHILD, directed by Chuck Russell;VICTORY, directed by Mark Peploe;HAMLET, directed by Kenneth Branagh;THE WOODLANDERS, directed by Phil Agland; and A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, directed by Suri Krishnamma. Sewell’s television work includes the role of Petruchio in the critically acclaimed BBC production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the BAFTA Television Awards, and lead roles inRESTLESS (Endor Produtions),ZEN (Left Bank Pictures/BBC),PILLARS OF THE EARTH (Starz/Channel 4), ELEVENTH HOUR (produced by Jerry Bruckheimer),JOHN ADAMS(HBO) and CHARLES II (directed by Joe Wright for BBC Television). On stage, Sewell made his West End debut in 1993 as 'Thomas Kratsky,' the Czechoslovakian hustler, in Making It Better, which garnered him the London Critics Circles' Best Newcomer Award, and the following year he played 'Septimus Hodge' in the original production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at The Olivier Awards. In 2009, Sewell played ‘Jan’ in another Stoppard play,Rock n’ Roll, which won critical and popular acclaim first in London (at The Royal Court and the Ambassadors Theatre), where he won the Best Actor awards at the Evening Standard, London Critics’ Circle and Olivier Awards, and then on Broadway, where he received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actor. Other theatre credits include: the Broadway revival of Brian Friel's Translations, opposite Brian Dennehy and Dana Delany;Rat In the Skull, directed by Stephen Daldry at The Royal Court;Macbeth, directed by John Crowley;Luther, directed by Peter Gill at the National Theatre;'Darcy' in Pride And Prejudice at Royal Exchange Manchester;and As You Like It, The Seagull, and The Government Inspector, all at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. 11 TONI COLLETTE - BERYL & CHERYL Toni Collette is one of Australia’s most recognized and celebrated actors, having worked internationally in film, television and theatre. Her career has seen her win both Emmy and Golden Globe awards and receive an Academy Award nomination. Toni made an indelible impression with her performance as Muriel Heslop in PJ Hogan’s 1994 film MURIEL’S WEDDING. The film earned her a Golden Globe nomination and began an international career now spanning three decades. In 1999 Toni earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in M Night Shyamalan’s THE SIXTH SENSE, playing a mother trying to cope with the distress surrounding her young son’s paranormal powers. This was followed by playing opposite Hugh Grant in the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby’s ABOUT A BOY for which she received a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nomination; and the critically acclaimed THE HOURS alongside Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. Throughout her international career Toni has also maintained a strong presence working in Australia; one of her stand-out local films being JAPANESE STORY in 2002 which saw her win numerous local awards. In 2007 she starred in the independent Australian film THE BLACK BALLOON which was awarded the Crystal Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival . In 2005 Toni starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Shirley McLaine in the hit film IN HER SHOES. This was followed with the huge critical and box office success of the sleeper hit LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE which saw her again nominated for a Golden Globe award. Other films across this period include THE NIGHT LISTENER opposite Robin Williams, Alan Ball’s TOWELHEAD, and EVENING opposite Vanessa Redgrave. Showtime’s hit series UNITED STATES OF TARA was Toni’s first foray into U.S. series television. Written by Academy-Award winner Diablo Cody (JUNO), Toni portrayed the title character of Tara, a woman with multiple personality disorder. The show premiered in January 2009 and garnered Toni both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The show played for three successful seasons, ending in 2011. In 2014 Collette starred in A LONG WAY DOWN, a film adaptation of British writer Nick Hornby’s novel of the same title. Toni more recently starred alongside Thomas Haden Church in the comedyLUCKY THEM which premiered to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014. Along with Toni’s remarkable career on screen, she has performed on New York’s Broadway in two memorable theatre productions receiving Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and winning a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in George C. Wolfe and Michael John LaChiusa’s musical The Wild Party. In 2014, she returned to Broadway in Will Eno’s play The Realistic Joneses, directed by Sam Gold; with her fellow actors from the ensemble – Marisa Tomei, Tracy Letts, and Michael C. Hall - sharing the Drama Desk Award forOutstanding Ensemble Performance. 12 2015 will see the release of Toni’s next three films; MISS YOU ALREADY, where she and Drew Barrymore play life-long friends whose close friendship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls terminally ill; Irish director Gerard Barretts’s GLASSLAND which won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival; and opposite Noomi Rapace in Michael Apted’s action thriller UNLOCKED. BARRY HUMPHRES - WOMBO Barry Humphries is an Australian comedian, satirist, artist, and author. Humphries is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. Biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only "the most significant theatrical figure of our time and the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin". Humphries' characters have brought him international renown, and he has appeared in numerous high profile films, stage productions and television shows. ROBIN MCLEAVY- NUTSY After graduating from Australia’s most prestigious drama school, NIDA, Robin McLeavy established herself as the country’s most preeminent young stage actress landing starring roles in numerous critically acclaimed productions before emerging on the international scene with a string of film, television and stage credits. Robin currently stars as Eva on the popular AMC series HELL ON WHEELS. This is her fifth season in the principal cast of the hit-Western series for the US cable channel renowned for MAD MENand BREAKING BAD. Her character Eva is based on a real woman captured by Native Americans in post Civil War America. The series has won two prestigious Western Heritage Awards for Best Fiction Drama from the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City. This prestigious award has been given to many Hollywood luminaries over the years from John Wayne to the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino. McLeavy made her studio feature debut playing Nancy Hanks Lincoln in the Tim Burton produced Fox feature ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER opposite Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth-Winstead and directed by TimurBekmembatov. She also starred as Lola Stone in the Australian horror film THE LOVED ONES which was directed by Sean Byrne and won the Midnight Madness award at Toronto International Film Festival. On stage, McLeavy made her Broadway debut in 2009 playing Stella opposite Cate Blanchett’s Blanche and Joel Edgerton’s Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Directed by Liv Ullmann, the play opened in Sydney, Australia before moving to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and then to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. McLeavy won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her remarkable performance. 13 On the Australian stage, McLeavy has starred opposite Samuel West in “The Kreutzer Sonata,” a dramatic musical collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, led by Richard Tognetti, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the prestigious Helpmann Awards for her portrayal of Isabella in Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.” Her second outing with director Benedict Andrews for the Belvoir Theatre garnered McLeavy a Sydney Theatre Critics nomination for her performance as ‘Honey’ in their production of the American classic “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” McLeavy also starred as Catherine the Great of Russia in the Sydney Theatre Company’s hit production of the Tony McNamara penned “The Great.” In 2014, between shooting HELL ON WHEELS, Robin returned to Australia to shoot BACKTRACK opposite Adrian Brody and Sam Neill, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC. In 2015 she features as Nutsy alongside Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette and Rufus Sewell in BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE. RICHARD ROXBURGH – BLINKY’S DAD Award-winning actor Richard Roxburgh has worked on stage and screen around the world. His screen credits include MOULIN ROUGE, VAN HELSING, DOING TIME FOR PATSY CLINE, STEALTH, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II, OSCAR & LUCINDA, THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE and CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION. He is also notable for his appearances in ICE, LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE, MATCHING JACK and James Cameron’s action adventure film SANCTUM. Richard’s well known television credits include the role of Cleaver Greene in the ABC hit series RAKE, which he also co-creates and produces. His brilliant performance earned him a TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE for Most Outstanding Actor and the 2012 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Television Series. The series screens in the US on DirectTV. His performance in the role of Prime Minister Bob Hawke in Channel 10’s Tele-movie HAWKE earned Richard critical acclaim along with his award winning electrifying portrayal as the notorious Roger Rogerson in the ABC’s controversial mini-series BLUE MURDER. For the ABC he also collaborated with Somersault director Cate Shortland on the two part drama series THE SILENCE and EAST OF EVERYTHING where he played the lead role of Art Watkins. Richard returned to the screen in 2014 for the third instalment of RAKE. Richard is also an accomplished director. His debut film, ROMULUS, MY FATHER, starring Eric Bana drew critical acclaim when it was released in 2007. Recently Richard appeared on stage as the title character in Sydney Theatre Company’s phenomenally successful production of Chekov’s UNCLE VANYA, directed by TamasAscher. Richard shared the stage with some of Australia’s finest actors including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Jackie Weaver and John Bell. The play had a revival at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2011, the New York Times describing his performance as “astonishing, Richard Roxburgh, who seems to melt and re-form before your eyes”. The play was remounted at Lincoln Centre New York for Sydney Theatre Company in 2012. Additional stage credits include TOY SYMPHONY, THE SEAGULL HAMLET (Company B) and CLOSER (Sydney Theatre Company). He recently performed in Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT alongside Hugo Weaving for the Sydney Theatre Company. 14 Most recently in film Richard appeared opposite Cate Blanchett in REUNION, a short film directed by Simon Stone. It screened as part of the feature film collaboration THE TURNING, based on Tim Winton’s short story collection of the same name which premiered at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Richard just completed filming LOOKING FOR GRACE alongside Radha Mitchell and directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story). DEBORAH MAILMAN – BLINKY’S MUM With multiple award winning credits to her name, Deborah Mailman is one of Australia’s most highly respected actors. Receiving national acclaim in 1998 for her portrayal of Nona in the film Radiance, with Deborah receiving both the AFI and Film Critics’ Circle Award for Most Outstanding Actress, her other film credits include MENTAL, BRAN NUE DAE, DEAR CLAUDIA, THE MONKEY’S MASK, RABBIT PROOF FENCE, THE BOOK OF REVELATION, LUCKY MILESand most recently the internationally celebrated and award winning feature THE SAPPHIRES.Most recently Deb starred in PAPER PLANES andthe final installment of REDERN NOW.Shewill soon appear in upcoming feature filmsBLINKY BILL THE MOVIEandODDBALL. In television Deborah has created some of Australia’s most enduring characters including her TV Week Silver Logie Award winning portrayals of Bonita Mabo in MABO, and Kelly in SECRET LIFE OF US, as well as Cherie in OFFSPRING, as well as roles in RUSH, THE ALICEand TWO TWISTED. Deborah was also a regular television presenter, hosting PLAYSCHOOLandMESSAGE STICKS for the ABC and Lonely Planet’s GOING BUSH for SBS. Most recently, Deb featured in BLACK COMEDYfor the ABC. One of Australia’s most celebrated theatre actors Deborah’s stage performances include Matilda Award winning performances in Radiance and The Seven Stages of Grieving, the Helpmann Award Best Supporting Actress role in the STC production of The Lost Echo, and the Helpmann Award nominated role for Best Actress in the theatre production of The Sapphires. In 2015, Deb co-hosted the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards (AACTA)ceremony alongside Cate Blanchett for Network Ten. DAVID WENHAM – JACKO One of Australia’s most respected actors, David Wenham has received critical acclaim for his diverse performances in film, theatre and television. His film credits include: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERSand THE RETURN OF THE KING, 300, 300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE, GETTIN’ SQUARE, VAN HELSING, THE PROPOSITION,PUBLIC ENEMIES, THE BOYS, BEYOND THE KNOWN WORLD, PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN 5 and most recentlyLION. David’s television credits include: TOP OF THE LAKE, BANISHED, KILLING TIME, BETTER MAN and SEACHANGE. Most recently he starred in THE CODE. His theatre credits include: The 15 Seagull, Hamlet, Splendids, The Tempest, Cosi, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Sydney Opera House); Cyrano De Bergerac and True West. BARRY OTTO – MAYOR CRANKLEPOT Barry Otto has worked in the performing arts in Australia for more than 35 years. His performance as Doug Hastings in STRICTLY BALLROOM received two awards for Best Supporting Actor from the Australian Film Institute (AFI) and Film Critics’ Circle Awards. His film credits include SOUTH SOLITARY alongside his daughter Miranda, THE LEGENDS OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE, AUSTRALIA, THREE BLIND MICE, ROGUE, NEWCASTLE, OSCAR AND LUCINDA, KISS OR KILL, DEAD LETTER OFFICE, THE NICE GUY with Jackie Chan, LILIAN’S STORY, ON OUR SELECTION, and COSI, for which he received a Green Room Award for Best Actor. Other film credits include LOVE’S BROTHER and BLISS for which he received a Film CriticsC ircle Award for Best Actor. Barry has also lent his voice to the animated films ACAUTIONARY TAIL and BLINKY BILL. Barry was more recently seen in Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY. Barry’s theatre performances include Bell Shakespeare’s HAMLET; the Malthouse Theatre production of THE HISTORIONIC;OPTIMISM, which both played to successful seasons in Melbourne and Sydney; FAUST, and TARTUFFE for the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) for which he was nominated for a 2008 Green Room Award for Best Male Performer, HEROES, TROUPERS, BOY GETS GIRL, PROOF, VOLPONE and KING LEAR at the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), and the Griffin Theatre production of THE FALLS. His role in LAST CAB TO DARWIN for Pork Chop Productions earned him a 2005 Adelaide Theatre Guide Award Nomination for Best Individual Male Performance. For Belvoir St Theatre he performed in WASP, NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN and THE TEMPEST. In 1999 Barry was also nominated for a Green Room Award for his performance as Captain Andy in the Mariner Theatre’s SHOWBOAT. Barry has also worked extensively in television with credits including UTOPIA GIRLS, THE JESTERS, STUPID STUPID MAN, THROUGH MY EYES, LOOT, FARSCAPE, SECRET LIFE OF US and most recently DANCE ACADEMY. In late 2014 Barry completed shooting on the Jocelyn Moorhouse film THE DRESSMAKER alongside Kate Winslet. 16 CREW FILMOGRAPHY DEANE TAYLOR - Director 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (director & production designer) 2009 “The Adventures of Figaro Pho” (TV series – production designer) 2006 HAPPILY N’EVER AFTER (feature film – production designer) 2005 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL: THE MOVIE (feature film – production designer) 2005 DUCK UGLY (feature film – writer/director) 2000 CARNIVALE (feature film – writer/director/production designer) 1999 “The Book Keeper” (animated short) 1998 FERN GULLY 2: THE MAGICAL RESCUE (feature film: layout designer) 1997 “Cow and Chicken” (TV series – director/art director) 1996 ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 (feature film – art director) 1995 “Dumb and Dumber” (TV series – art director) 1992 “Fish Police” (TV series – production designer) 1991 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (feature film – art director) 1990 JETSONS: THE MOVIE (feature film – layout director) 1985 Hanna Barbera (specials division - creative director) 1978 – 1985 Various Hanna Barbera TV series including “Scooby Doo”, “The Flintstones” and “Popeye” (layout artist) NOEL CLEARY – Co Director 2014 “Tashi” (TV series – episodic director) 2012 “The Pplar Bears” (short film – animation supervisor) 2010 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (feature film – character animator) 2007 CINDERELLA 3 (feature film – senior animator) 2006 BROTHER BEAR 2 (feature film – supervising animator) 2006 BAMBI 2 (feature film – senior animator) 2005 TARZAN 2 (feature film – animator) 2004 MICKEY, DNALD, GOOFY: THE THREE MUSKATEERS (feature film – supervising animator) 2004 THE LION KING 1 ½ (feature film – senior animator) 2003 JUNGLE BOOK 2 (feature film – animator) 2002 RETURN TO NEVER LAND (feature film – animator) 2001 LADY AND THE TRAMP 2 (feature film – animator) 2000 LITTLE MERMAID 2 (feature film – animator) 2000 AN EXTREMELY GOOFY MOVIE (feature film – animator) 1998 THE LION KING 2 (feature film – in between artist) 1997 BEAUTY AND THE BEAT: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS (feature film – in between artist) 17 ALEXS STADERMANN – Co Director 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film - co-director) 2014 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (feature film- director) 2011 “The Woodlies” (TV series - director) 2009 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (feature film – head of story) 2008 THE WILD BUNCH (feature film – senior story artist) 2007“Planet Sketch” (TV series – visual development director) 2007CINDERELLA 3 (feature film – senior animator) 2005 “MP4ORCE” (TV series – SFX designer) 2003 TARZAN 2 (feature film – unit director) 2003 BAMBI II (feature film – unit director) 2003 LION KING 1 ½ (feature film – supervising animator) 2003 JUNGLE BOOK 2 (feature film – supervising animator) 2002 LADY AND THE TRAMP 2 (feature film – senior character animator) 2002RETURN TO NEVERLAND (feature film – senior character animator) ALEX WEIGHT – Co Director 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – co director) 2015 FROG KINGDOM 4 (feature film – writer/director) 2015 FROG KINGDOM 3 (feature film – writer/director) 2014 “Prank” (short film – writer/director) 2013 “Bank of New Zealand TVC” (advertisement – animation director) 2011 “The Woodlies” (TV series – animation director) 2010 LEGEND OF THE GUARDINAS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (feature film – animaion supervisor) 2007 THE RUINS (feature film – senior animator) 2007 “Stef the Chef” (television pilot – animator) 2006 HAPY FEET (feature film – lead animator) 2004 HAPPY FEET (feature film – senior layout artist) 2003 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 (feature film – senior animator) 1988 MAD MAX #; BEYOND THUNDERDOME (feature film – prop and model maker) 1985 YOUNG EINSTEIN (feature film – prop and model maker) BARBARA STEPHEN – Producer 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – producer) 2014 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (feature film – producer) 2012 “Tashi” (TV series – producer) 2011 “The Adventures of Figaro Pho” (TV series – line producer) 2011 “The Woodlies” (TV series – producer) 2008 “Erky Perky, Series 3” (TV series – producer) 2008 “Magical Tales, Series 1” (TV series – producer) 2008 “Hog” (short film – producer) 2008 “The Chopping Block” (TV series – associate producer) 18 JIM BALLANTINE – Producer 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – executive producer) 2014 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (feature film – executive producer) 2014 “Heidi” (TV series – executive producer) 2013 “The Eggsperts” (animated web series – executive producer) 2013 “Vic the Viking” (TV series – executive producer) 2011 “The Woodlies (TV series – executive producer) 2008 THE WILD BUNCH (feature film – producer) 2006 BROTHER BEAR 2 (feature film – producer) 1999 “Rayman: The Animated Series” (TV series – executive producer) 1996 “Doodlezoo” (TV pilot – executive producer) 1996 “The Little Rascals” (TV pilot – executive producer) 1992 “The Ren and Stimpy Show” (TV series – producer) 1992 “Family Dog” (TV series – production supervisor) 1989 THE LITTLE MERMAID (feature film – production administrator) 1990 THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (feature film – CGI supervisor) HANS BOULON – Executive Producer 2014 K3 Dierenhotel (feature film – executive producer) 2013 Piet Piraat en het Zeemonster (feature film – executive producer) 2012 K3 Bengeltjes (feature film – executive producer) 2012 Wickie en de Schat van de goden. (feature film – executive producer) 2012 Plop wordt Kabouterkoning (feature film – executive producer) 2011 Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron (feature film – executive producer) 2010 Mega Mindy en het Zwarte Kristal (feature film – executive producer) 2010 Wickie de Viking, de film (feature film – executive producer) 2009 Anubis en de wraak van Arghus(feature film – executive producer) 2009 Plop en de Kabouterbaby (feature film – executive producer) 2009 Het geheim van Mega Mindy (feature film – executive producer) 2008 Piet Piraat en het Zwaard van Zilvertand (feature film – executive producer) 2008 Het Huis Anubis – Het Pad der 7 Zonden (feature film – executive producer) 2008 remake Plop en de Kabouterschat (feature film – executive producer) 2008 S&G – Hotel op stelten (feature film – executive producer) 2007 K3 en de Kattenprins (feature film – executive producer) 2007 Plop en de Pinguïn (feature film – executive producer) 2006 Plop in de Stad (feature film – executive producer) 2006 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip (feature film – executive producer) 2006 K3 en het IJsprinsesje (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Plop en het Vioolavontuur (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Piet Piraat en de Betoverde Kroon (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Plop en Kwispel (feature film – executive producer) 2004 K3 en het Magische Medaillon (feature film – executive producer) 2003 Plop en de Toverstaf (feature film – executive producer) 2000 Plop in de Wolken (feature film – executive producer) 1999 De Kabouterschat (feature film – executive producer) 19 AK MADHAVEN – Executive Producer 2016 NORM OF THE NORTH (feature film – executive producer) 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – executive producer) 2010 ALPHA & OMEGA (feature film – executive producer) 2007 “Jakers! The Adventures of Piggly Winks” (TV series – executive producer) 2006 BARNYARD (feature film – executive producer) 2005 “Pet Alien” (TV series – executive producer) 2005 “Bratz”(TV series – executive producer) 2008 “Monster Buster Club” (TV series – executive producer) 2007 “Word World” (TV series – executive producer) EMILY PRICE – Executive Producer 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – executive producer) 2014 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (feature film – CFO) 2014 “Heidi” (TV series – CFO) 2013 “Vic the Viking” (TV series – CFO) 2011 “The Woodlies (TV series – CFO) 2010 “Legend of Enyo” (TV series – CFO) 2010 SANTA’S APPRENTICE (feature film – CFO) 2010 “Zigby” (TV series – CFO) 2009 “Zeke’s Pad (TV series – CFO) 2008 “Dive Olly Dive” (TV series – CFO) 2007 “Master Raindrop” (TV series – CFO) 2006 “Staines Down Drains” (TV series – CFO) BRIAN ROSEN – Executive Producer 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – executive producer) 2013 AROUND THE BLOCK (feature film – producer) 1998 FERNGULLY 2: THE MAGICAL RESCUE (feature film – producer) 1996 JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (feature film – co-producer) 1995 MUSHROOMS (feature film – producer) 1992 FERNGULLY (feature film – co-producer) 1990 …ALMOST (feature film – executive producer) 1989 THE BOYS IN THE ISLAND (feature film - executive producer) 1989 BLOOD OF HEROES (feature film – executive producer) 1988 BADLANDS 2005 (TV pilot – producer) 1988 DANGER DOWN UNDER (feature film – producer) 1984 THE LAST BASTION (TV mini series – producer) GERT VERLHULST – Executive Producer 2014 K3 Dierenhotel (feature film – executive producer) 2013 Piet Piraat en het Zeemonster (feature film – executive producer) 2012 K3 Bengeltjes (feature film – executive producer) 2012 Wickie en de Schat van de goden. (feature film – executive producer) 2012 Plop wordt Kabouterkoning (feature film – executive producer) 2011 Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron (feature film – executive producer) 20 2010 Mega Mindy en het Zwarte Kristal (feature film – executive producer) 2010 Wickie de Viking, de film (feature film – executive producer) 2009 Anubis en de wraak van Arghus (feature film – executive producer) 2009 Plop en de Kabouterbaby (feature film – executive producer) 2009 Het geheim van Mega Mindy (feature film – executive producer) 2008 Piet Piraat en het Zwaard van Zilvertand (feature film – executive producer) 2008 Het Huis Anubis – Het Pad der 7 Zonden (feature film – executive producer) 2008 remake Plop en de Kabouterschat (feature film – executive producer) 2008 S&G – Hotel op stelten (feature film – executive producer) 2007 K3 en de Kattenprins (feature film – executive producer) 2007 Plop en de Pinguïn (feature film – executive producer) 2006 Plop in de Stad (feature film – executive producer) 2006 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip (feature film – executive producer) 2006 K3 en het IJsprinsesje (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Plop en het Vioolavontuur (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Piet Piraat en de Betoverde Kroon (feature film – executive producer) 2005 Plop en Kwispel (feature film – executive producer) 2004 K3 en het Magische Medaillon (feature film – executive producer) 2003 Plop en de Toverstaf (feature film – executive producer) 2000 Plop in de Wolken (feature film – executive producer) 1999 De Kabouterschat (feature film – executive producer) DALE CORNELIUS – Composer (selected filmography) 2015 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (feature film – composer) 2015 BACKTRACK (feature film – composer) 2014 “The Real Housewives of Melbourne” (TV series – composer) 2009 MARY AND MAX (feature film – composer) 2009 CHARLIE AND BOOTS (feature film – composer) 2009 AT WORLD’S END (feature film – compose 21